tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219042034689344733.post6884240718094628910..comments2024-01-14T08:24:22.987+11:00Comments on Khmerization: The “Yuon” controversy: Facts and fictionsKhmerizationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08878844131095266232noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219042034689344733.post-86551803666249063612010-02-13T10:07:37.918+11:002010-02-13T10:07:37.918+11:00Dear Albeiro my friend,
Thanks for clarifying abo...Dear Albeiro my friend,<br /><br />Thanks for clarifying about the word "yuon" to our foreign friends who are misinformed about the meaning and the usage of the word. It is very good for a Westerner to clarify such a controversial word to his foreign friends.<br /><br />About the word "Barang", I am so sorry to hear that you feel offended by its reference. It is true that the Khmerizationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878844131095266232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219042034689344733.post-63329942265960801752010-02-13T01:25:58.611+11:002010-02-13T01:25:58.611+11:00Another thing: I feel real offended when any Cambo...Another thing: I feel real offended when any Cambodian call me BARANG. Yes, it is a real racist expression for many reasons and not like Yuon. A Yuon is a Yuon anyway, but I am not a Barang at all. It means "Frenchman". France for me is a very distant and odd country. I have been just once in France, a couple of hours in the Charles de Gaulle Airport in my travel Bogotá - Paris - Albeiro Rodashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857408989918571838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219042034689344733.post-64995288294707759722010-02-13T00:37:50.443+11:002010-02-13T00:37:50.443+11:00I am very surprise that Western foreigners could s...I am very surprise that Western foreigners could state that the expression "<i>Yuon</i>" is racist. Several Western scholars like David Chandler in his <i>History of Cambodia</i>, clarify it. According with my own observation, those who accuse such expression as "racist" are the same Vietnamese people living and working in Cambodia, especially those who lives in Vietnamese Albeiro Rodashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857408989918571838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219042034689344733.post-53904156141100597762010-02-12T15:36:18.559+11:002010-02-12T15:36:18.559+11:00Yasushi Akashi, the head of UNTAC,
was influenced ...Yasushi Akashi, the head of UNTAC,<br />was influenced by ex King,Sihanouk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219042034689344733.post-13604380790957868972010-02-12T11:11:31.411+11:002010-02-12T11:11:31.411+11:00Yeah, I hope some ignorant foreigners will underst...Yeah, I hope some ignorant foreigners will understand the word "yuon" and stop accusing Cambodians of being racist and pejorative toward the Vietnamese. They called us "Mien", which means "barbarians", and we don't get offended. So I don't see any reason why they should get offended when we call them "Yuon" which we used for more than 1000 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com